Hundreds of apparently 'flash-frozen' turtles wash ashore in New England
by Associated Press in Welfleet, Massachusetts from Environment | The Guardian on (#43NCF)
- Conservationists record unusually high number of strandings
- Many of turtles are critically endangered Kemp's ridley species
An unusual number of sea turtles have washed ashore in New England in the recent cold snap, many dead and appearing to have been "flash-frozen".
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